Category: South Dakota
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Stephen F. Molitor, Assayer
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Read more: Stephen F. Molitor, AssayerThis is one of only five known tin ingots from San Francisco assayer Stephen Molitor. Stephen Molitor was the son of A. Molitor, considered one of the great California Gold Rush assayers and one of the men originally involved with the U.S. Assay Office. In January 1859 Augustus and his son formed a new company…
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A. P. Molitor, Assayer
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Read more: A. P. Molitor, AssayerAGOSTHON P. MOLITORSTEPHEN F. MOLITORSan Francisco, California, San Diego, California, Deadwood, Dakota Territory Agosthon Molitor began his work as an assayer in California in 1851 in partnership with fellow Hungarians Samuel Wass and Charles Uznay in thefirm of Wass, Molitor and Company, one of the most important private coinage ventures in the west. He left…